According to the Cornell Lab or Ornithology, there are four general wing shapes that allow birds to do specific things, such ...

United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) aims to be one of the first U.S. commercial carriers to fly passengers on a futuristic blended ...

It was not the prototype of an operational aircraft, but a testbed to explore the aerodynamic effects of variable-sweep wings. Some of the design and even some parts were cannibalized from the ...

Boeing now has its eye on bigger, tastier goals. It believes by switching to a truss-braced wing design, it could net double-digit efficiency gains. It’s working together with NASA to see if ...

The passive soaring wing design included buzzards, hawks, eagles and storks and they are spread out allowing these birds to effectively use thermals to gain altitude without having to use energy ...